Law and language in the Middle Ages /
Law and language in the Middle Ages /
Edited by Jenny Benham, Matthew McHaffie and Helle Vogt.
- 1 online resource (ix, 308 pages)
- Medieval law and its practice ; 25 .
- Medieval Law and Its Practice 25. Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386303. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction / Translation and Interpretation of Law -- Why Laws were Translated in Medieval England: Access, Authority, and Authenticity / Translating Justinian: Transmitting and Transforming Roman Law in the Middle Ages / Leges Iutorum: The Medieval Latin Translation of the Law of Jutland / The Languages and Registers of Law in Medieval Ireland and Wales / The Languages of Legal Practice and Documentary Culture -- Latin and the Vernacular in Medieval Legal Documents: The Case of Denmark / Between the Language of Law and the Language of Justice: The Use of Formulas in Portuguese Dispute Texts (Tenth and Eleventh Centuries) / The Dangers of Using Latin Texts for the Study of Customary Law: The Example of Flemish Feudal Law during the High Middle Ages / Sources of Legal Language: The Development of Warranty Clauses in Western France, circa1030–ca.1240 / Methodology, Interaction, and Language -- Law and Language in the Leges Barbarorum: A Database Project on the Vernacular Vocabulary in Medieval Manuscripts / ‘And Since We are No Lawyers, We Will Void the Lawsuit with Battle Axes’! Voiding a Lawsuit in Old Icelandic Procedural Law / Biblical Analogues for Early Anglo-Saxon Law / Back Matter -- Index. Jenny Benham , Matthew McHaffie and Helle Vogt -- Bruce O’Brien -- Ada Maria Kuskowski -- Michael H. Gelting -- Paul Russell -- Anders Leegaard Knudsen -- André Evangelista Marques -- Dirk Heirbaut -- Matthew McHaffie -- Anette Kremer and Vincenz Schwab -- Werner Schäfke -- Carole Hough --
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Law and Language in the Middle Ages investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages. Contributors are Michael H. Gelting, Dirk Heirbaut, Carole Hough, Anette Kremer, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, André Marques, Matthew McHaffie, Bruce O’Brien, Paul Russell, Werner Schäfke, and Vincenz Schwab.
9789004375765
10.1163/9789004375765 DOI
2018025783
Law--Language.
Law, Medieval.
Law--History.--Europe
Law.
Law--Language.
Law, Medieval.
Europe.
History.
K213 / .L39 2018
340/.14
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction / Translation and Interpretation of Law -- Why Laws were Translated in Medieval England: Access, Authority, and Authenticity / Translating Justinian: Transmitting and Transforming Roman Law in the Middle Ages / Leges Iutorum: The Medieval Latin Translation of the Law of Jutland / The Languages and Registers of Law in Medieval Ireland and Wales / The Languages of Legal Practice and Documentary Culture -- Latin and the Vernacular in Medieval Legal Documents: The Case of Denmark / Between the Language of Law and the Language of Justice: The Use of Formulas in Portuguese Dispute Texts (Tenth and Eleventh Centuries) / The Dangers of Using Latin Texts for the Study of Customary Law: The Example of Flemish Feudal Law during the High Middle Ages / Sources of Legal Language: The Development of Warranty Clauses in Western France, circa1030–ca.1240 / Methodology, Interaction, and Language -- Law and Language in the Leges Barbarorum: A Database Project on the Vernacular Vocabulary in Medieval Manuscripts / ‘And Since We are No Lawyers, We Will Void the Lawsuit with Battle Axes’! Voiding a Lawsuit in Old Icelandic Procedural Law / Biblical Analogues for Early Anglo-Saxon Law / Back Matter -- Index. Jenny Benham , Matthew McHaffie and Helle Vogt -- Bruce O’Brien -- Ada Maria Kuskowski -- Michael H. Gelting -- Paul Russell -- Anders Leegaard Knudsen -- André Evangelista Marques -- Dirk Heirbaut -- Matthew McHaffie -- Anette Kremer and Vincenz Schwab -- Werner Schäfke -- Carole Hough --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Law and Language in the Middle Ages investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages. Contributors are Michael H. Gelting, Dirk Heirbaut, Carole Hough, Anette Kremer, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, André Marques, Matthew McHaffie, Bruce O’Brien, Paul Russell, Werner Schäfke, and Vincenz Schwab.
9789004375765
10.1163/9789004375765 DOI
2018025783
Law--Language.
Law, Medieval.
Law--History.--Europe
Law.
Law--Language.
Law, Medieval.
Europe.
History.
K213 / .L39 2018
340/.14